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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What’s most offensive about this appointment isn’t just the process — it’s that kids in NS are still waiting for an independent Advocate office. The Tories have had 6 years. Yet this new office gets created out of the blue. #NSpoli #ChildrensRights www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Questions raised about new Nova Scotia agency amid provincial cuts | CBC News

The government of Nova Scotia is facing questions about why it's creating a new agency while enforcing cuts and staring down a significant deficit.

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(Models Available For Subscribers) Nova Scotia Provincial Polling: NDP: 45% (+23) PC: 29% (-24) LIB: 23% (-) GRN: 1% (-) Narrative / June 17, 2026 / n=733 / Online (% Change with 2024 Election) Check out more NS details on @338canada.bsky.social at: 338canada.com/ns

Quebec invested in post-secondary education and research, helping build a knowledge economy that keeps more wealth local. Nova Scotia keeps pouring political energy into oil and gas, which extracts wealth and sends it elsewhere. We should be investing in our people instead www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Funding, senior talent gaps constraining growth of N.S. digital economy, says report | CBC News

A new report points out that Nova Scotia's digital economy enterprises face a severe funding shortage, forcing them to grow outside the province. The report advises stronger local support to help reta...

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Stagnant wages aren't an accident, friends. They're a choice. Governments decide to keep minimum wage low and labour standards weak, then let compliance slide. That's not the economy "happening" to us. It's policy. We can choose better. #WorkersRights #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former N.S. call centre workers await $194K payout two years after layoffs | CBC News

Debra Lalonde is still fighting for the $2,893 she is owed. She was one of 74 employees laid off in March 2024 when Global Empire Corporation closed its call centre in Liverpool, N.S.

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Only 3–4% of N.S. housing is non-market. That's not enough. Community housing costs half the price of shelters and jails — and it actually works. We need to grow it fast, and pair it with real rental protections and enforcement. #HousingCrisis #NovaScotia #NonMarketHousing www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Community housing the key to ending N.S. housing crisis 'now and forever,' says advocate | CBC News

As the provincial government contends with a housing market that faces a shortage of affordable units and problems with homelessness, Michael Kabalen sees an obvious answer: the non-profit housing sec...

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Housing doesn’t trickle down. In a broken rental market, unregulated rising rents and stagnant wages aren’t a glitch — they’re market failure. Market failure needs government action, stronger protections, and non-market housing now. #Housing #AffordableHousing #NSpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why Halifax is one of the toughest markets for renters, by the numbers | CBC News

Rents have been increasing at a faster pace in Halifax than in other large Canadian cities, putting pressure on affordability, says the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

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Congrats to @CUPENS and the long-term care workers who held the line for 8 weeks and won a better contract. Workers get ahead when we organize and stand together. Now we need policy that makes it easier to unionize and the right to strike, so wages keep rising. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Striking workers at Halifax long-term care home ratify new contract with province | CBC News

Workers at St. Vincent's Nursing Home have voted to ratify a new tentative agreement with the province, paving the way for an end to the eight-week strike that affected 36 facilities across the provin...

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Child care isn't a social service—it's economic infrastructure. It gets parents back to work, eases staffing shortages, and lifts incomes, taxes, and kids' futures. Yet NS funds oil, gas, and big tech while Upper Burlington can't get one new daycare. #Invest in people. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Daycare dreams on hold: Funding runs dry for new N.S. child-care projects | CBC News

The Hants Shore Child Care association currently has 100 children on a waitlist for a daycare it has plans to build, but the project is in limbo because Nova Scotia has no money left to fund new child...

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The Province says public institutions must “do more with less” and make hard choices on services that workers rely on. Meanwhile, their tax cuts hand the top 10% $114 million — 24.5% of the total revenue loss. Tax breaks for the rich, cuts for the rest of us. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Annapolis Valley libraries closing 5 branches, cites static provincial funding | CBC News

The Annapolis Valley Regional Library announced the changes Monday after months of sounding the alarm that their operations were on shaky financial footing.

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40 years of wealth transfer from workers to the rich has broken the housing market. People can’t afford homes, so the market won't build them, while the wealthy hoard what's left. The fix? Tax wealth, raise the wage floor, and build non-market housing. #nspoli #Housing www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

One of Canada’s largest landlords says it’s pausing new developments in the 'near term' | CBC News

Halifax-based company Killam Apartment REIT owns nearly 18,000 apartment units across Canada. It says it will complete in-progress developments, with no further projects in the "near term."

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Reckless government cuts always hit the most vulnerable first. Kids with autism are losing critical support in our schools right now. While Nova Scotians are told to wait for wealth to trickle down someday, families are paying the price today. #nspoli #NovaScotia halifax.citynews.ca/2026/05/29/m...

Mother speaking out after autistic son's support at school ends

A Halifax mother is voicing her concerns about what recent changes to support levels will mean for her son in the fall. Jessica Slack tells CityNews Halifax that her son, Kaleb, was diagnosed with Aut...

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With this offer, the government is telling care workers and residents they don't deserve dignity. Workers need a living wage to meet basic needs. Residents deserve high-quality care. Underpaying staff drastically undervalues essential care labour. #nspoli #CanLab www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Talks with province break down in Nova Scotia long-term care strike, says union | CBC News

CUPE accused the government on Wednesday of essentially repeating an offer that had been presented weeks ago.

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Six ministers of Social Development in under five years! While child poverty rises, homelessness grows, and the disability sector faces major changes, this lack of political attention to social care a is yet another failure of governance by the PC's. #nspoli #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston shuffles cabinet | CBC News

Familiar faces are returning to old and new places as Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston prepares to shuffle his cabinet, CBC News has learned. Houston has called a swearing-in ceremony for noon today at...

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Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It’s heating up👇

(Models Available For Subscribers) Nova Scotia Provincial Polling: PC: 38% (-15) NDP: 31% (+9) LIB: 23% (-) GRN: 3% (+2) Others: 5% Abacus / May 14, 2026 / n=610 / Online (% Change with 2024 Election) Check out more NB details on @338canada.bsky.social at: 338canada.com/ns/polls.htm

@claudiachenderns laid out a vision for Nova Scotia: rooted in care for each other, bold enough to invest in innovation, and committed to strengthening our core industries and public infrastructure. This was a real alternative that will lift All Nova Scotians up. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.S. NDP leader pledges to undo budget cuts during campaign-style speech | CBC News

NDP Leader Claudia Chender told a crowd of about 200 supporters on Saturday that if her party wins the next general election in Nova Scotia, it would undo cuts to arts and culture included in the most...

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An economy isn’t built on resources alone—it’s built by people. When 32% of Nova Scotia students face hidden homelessness, governments are failing. Education fuels productivity, yet many students rely on food banks just to stay in school #NovaScotia #EducationMatters www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...

Study calls on Canadian universities, government to address homelessness among students

As roughly 28 per cent of Canadian post-secondary students face some form of homelessness, a study is calling on governments and universities to address the problem.

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ApplesHardcoreYo @appleshardcoreyo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Minister Adams loves the expression “the pot calling the kettle black.” If she truly wanted to put residents first, she’d offer fair wages and respect and not appease corporate interests. You don’t fix long-term care by blaming frontline staff. #FairWages #NovaScotia www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/...

Adams tells union to put seniors ahead of politics after Cape Breton construction site blocked

Striking long-term care workers stopped construction at a seniors' home build site in New Waterford. The Nova Scotia government responds to it.

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Alec Stratford @alstratford.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gas tax cuts widen inequality—50% of 2022 oil profits went to the top 1%. a permanent excess profit tax is needed—let’s tax oil windfalls and invest in people. #cdnpoli #carney #climate www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We can tell you who will really get rich from this oil crisis – and how we can stop them | Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk

Soaring oil costs signal the great transfer of wealth away from households, but also a new opportunity to redistribute it, say economists Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk

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Claudia Chender @claudiachenderns.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Such a treat to visit the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum for their delicious pancake breakfast! 🥞

Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Pierre Poilievre demands Ottawa cancel gasoline taxes to offset sky-high prices from Trump's war on Iran (which Poilievre enthusiastically backs). He doesn't want to discuss the true culprit: oil industry profits. My take in @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/business/opi... #cdnecon #canlab

Maybe oil companies should cap pump prices instead of Poilievre blaming taxes for $2 gas

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre last week urged Ottawa to suspend taxes on fuel. Maybe, writes Jim Stanford, he should ask companies to roll back pump prices, or demand a tax

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Translation - Capitailist see disater and on cue, have implemented disaster capitailism plans to screw over workers. #timeforsocialdemocracy #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

How the Middle East war is already impacting mortgage rates in Canada | CBC News

The ongoing war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are impacting Canadian pocketbooks in ways we might not expect. Experts warn Canadian homeowners facing mortgage renewals that rates are...

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨 1/ Privatized care in Nova Scotia has failed. $184M of public money, poor pay for workers, and unsafe conditions for the most vulnerable. It’s time for accountability and a complete overhaul. #NSPoli #HealthcareCrisis 🧵 #NSPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Workers quit emergency care for Nova Scotia’s most vulnerable after CRA audit | CBC News

A private company that’s received more than $184 million in public funds over the past eight years to care for some of Nova Scotia’s most vulnerable people is now losing workers so quickly, remaining ...

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WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/Ww2FmyGDv8I?...

The worst people online are having a MELTDOWN over Canada's new leftist NDP leader. Here's why

YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

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A strong economy is built from the bottom up, not the top down. Workers need disposable income to spend locally—spending drives demand, and demand fuels growth. Closing the $10.85/hr gap between Nova Scotia's minimum & living wage is good policy. #LivingWage #NS halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/31/m...

Organization asking for higher minimum wage amid increase

The minimum wage will go up in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, but at least one organization is saying the increase is not enough. The minimum wage in Nova Scotia will see a 25-cent jump to $16.75 an hour o...

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